But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.
Luke 18:34 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But they understood nothing about all these things; in fact, what he said was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they understood nothing of these things; His words were a mystery and hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was telling them. American Standard Version (1901) And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them, and they perceived not the things that were said. Common English Bible But the Twelve understood none of these words. The meaning of this message was hidden from them and they didn’t grasp what he was saying. Catholic Public Domain Version But they understood none of these things. For this word was concealed from them, and they did not understand the things that were said. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them, and they understood not the things that were said. |
But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.
After they have flogged him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise again.”
Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared!
But they did not understand this saying; its meaning remained concealed from them, so that they could not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him.